911 Briefs -- Published May 26, 2009

TRACY - The sign outside Clover Road Baptist Church, where Melissa Huckaby taught Sunday school, was knocked down late last week or early Sunday, broken in an apparent act of vandalism.

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TRACY - The sign outside Clover Road Baptist Church, where Melissa Huckaby taught Sunday school, was knocked down late last week or early Sunday, broken in an apparent act of vandalism.

The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office is investigating, a spokesman said Monday.

Prosecutors have accused Huckaby of kidnapping, raping and murdering 8-year-old Sandra Cantu. Huckaby has yet to enter a plea.

Huckaby lived with her grandfather, the church pastor, in a trailer park near the church. Cantu lived in that trailer park, too.

GALT - Two Galt women were killed Saturday when the car they were in ran a stop sign at the intersection of Collier and Bruella roads and was hit by another car, the driver of which fled on foot, officials said.

A 49-year-old woman was driving north on Bruella Road about 11 p.m. when her 2005 Nissan was hit by a 1990 Ford coming east on Collier Road, the California Highway Patrol said in a report. The impact caused the Nissan to slide and hit a home, the CHP reported.

Both the Nissan's driver, who was under the influence of drugs, and her 53-year-old passenger were killed, a CHP spokesman said.

After the collision, the driver of the Ford fled north on Bruella Road, the CHP said.

Officials had yet Monday to release the names of the women killed.

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